How To Guide on SSH
For Windows users, download a SSH program like Putty. Put the IP address or hostname of the server in the "Host Name" field. Now click "Open." It may ask you if you trust the server's SSH-RSA fingerprint. If you trust the server you are connecting to, Click "Yes" to login to the server.
FTP Users
Do the following to add FTP users to your Open Suse 10.3 LAMP server with vsftpd installed and running. If you have not done this, see the LAMP page to set this server up.
Login to your server as root and type "yast2" to open up Yast. Scroll down to Security and Users, then select User Management. Tab down to Add, and fill in the user's information such as First and Last Name and user name. Set their password. Select Finish to create the user. Select Finish again to exit User Management in Yast. Select Quit to exit Yast.
PHP Info
Insert the following code into a new web document in your root web directory and name it info.php. Navigate your your site, and type in sitename.com/info.php. This will let you know if PHP is installed and working properly.
To do this on Open Suse 10.3, type...
cd /srv/www/htdocs/
vi info.php
Type "i" to begin editing the file.
Copy and paste the following into the document...
Installing Open Suse 10.3 – LAMP with vsftpd
This install is less than 500 megabytes and will run Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and FTP users. Boot up is fast and hardware utilization is minimal, while giving a rock solid performance. This setup even yields no vulnerabilities from Nessus scans when all setup and configuration is complete. Here you can find a straightforward install guide that will help you create an awesome LAMP server. Use the root user for everything in this tutorial.
DVD Install
Insert Open Suse 10.3 Disk into DVD drive
On the Splash screen, select Installation
Preparation
Language Selection
